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# 《地衹上將溫太保傳補遺》

Dongshen 洞神部 · 1 volumes · 1,636 characters

## Vol. 1

温太保傳補遺

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**Interpretation**

“Supplement to the Biography of Grand Protector Wen, General of the Earth Deities (Dizhi)” is a supplement to the “Biography of Grand Protector Wen (Wen Qiong).” It was compiled by Huang Gongjin, a humble adept of the Xubai Studio who nourishes simplicity.

General Wen was fair, loyal, and upright. After he became a deity of the Sacred Mountain, he long maintained the incense offerings of the Xuan Emperor (Zhenwu Dadi), and the Yue Emperor (Dongyue Dadi) praised him. One day, the Northern Emperor (Beiji Ziwei Dadi) sent down a thousand pellets of plague medicine to the Eastern Peak and issued an order for envoys to spread plague and investigate people in the world who were disloyal and unfilial, who killed living beings and harmed life, and who injured the myriad things. The Yue Emperor accepted the decree and summoned Wen Qiong to spread the plague.

Wen Qiong received the order and took charge of the medicine, but he pondered again and again: one pellet would kill a thousand people, and the death of a thousand people would bring calamity to a thousand households. Moreover, the spread of pestilential qi and the outbreaks of illness caused by poison were beyond this, and the lingering disasters that would harm people could not be counted. This greatly violated the virtue of Taishang (Taishang Laojun), who cherishes life. Better, then, that I substitute my one body for a thousand people and save countless lives—what regret could there be? So he faced the north, looked up to heaven, and swallowed it all in one gulp. After a moment his abdomen hurt and his body grew hot, and he could no longer endure it.

He then burned incense and went straight before the Yue Emperor. Having transformed into a huge fierce ghost, he reported the matter and prostrated himself awaiting punishment. It happened that a decree from the Northern Emperor came down urging supervision and inspection, so the Yue Emperor could only state directly Wen Qiong’s offense of being unfit for duty and report it to the Northern Emperor. Wen Qiong was therefore handed over to the Yousheng Yuan, a celestial administrative office, to investigate his fault. The Xuan Emperor praised his intention, recommended him and clarified the matter in a memorial, and requested pardon for Wen Qiong’s offense. The Northern Emperor approved the request and ordered him to devote himself exclusively to carrying out the Xuan Emperor’s commands, propagating transformation and suppressing demons. From then on his awe-inspiring name shook the world even more.

It is also recorded that Cao Kefu, superintendent of Yulong Abbey, had practiced the secret methods of the Earth Deities since youth and once traveled to Chiyang to propagate transformation. In that prefecture there was a Wuxian Temple, whose spiritual efficacy was very prominent and whose halls were magnificent. It happened that a deputy official took over office there. At first he brought his family to worship at the temple, and he also brought his concubine into the hall to look. After they returned, the concubine collapsed; physicians were helpless, and although she had already been placed in the coffin, the encoffining had not yet been completed. Clerks reported that in the marketplace there was a Daoist Cao whose talismanic methods were very efficacious, and the deputy official sent someone to summon him.

When Cao Kefu arrived and read the petition, he said: “What a pity—one day has already passed, so she cannot be revived. I fear that if you wish to get to the bottom of it and confirm that a malevolent spirit caused the trouble, that can still be done.” The deputy official agreed. Cao drew talismans and performed ritual, burning them beside the coffin. In a moment the coffin lid lifted of itself, and the corpse leapt out from the coffin and stood, making a sound in response before Cao. Cao said: “This is a troublemaking spirit that has been summoned here and has attached itself to the corpse. There is no need to be alarmed; wait while I interrogate it.”

再三刑考方云我是本州五王廟第四位花光藏菩薩復問因何魘奪陽人魂命答曰死者入廟觀看時心中自謂世間安得有一良人生得如此好我見其妄念一興是以攝其䰟𩲸曹令放還神曰法官命令固不當違然已過息了無如之何曹怒聲言欲奏上帝滅形神曰我是五嶽四瀆山川秀氣結成非他神比法官但絶我池州香火而已言訖死尸入棺如故曹令封殮卜日奏帝差瓊斬之遂稟倅車悉運泥像毁伐于教場中惟斬至第四位果見血流池州香火自此而絶曹之聲名因此而振其後領袖琳宫法不肯妄行行則必驗扣之只温將耳又蜀口有一縣有神祠甚靈著累經國封能禍福人而寢殿深祕未嘗容人輒入欲入者神必祟之宰初到官心已怪疑因後其眷聚嬰疾咸歸咎於此神一日佯以他事檄巡尉領弓兵至廟乃盛服藏祀作文諭之徹其寢門帥衆排闥而入見一猴甚巨倉卒不能變化宰叱弓兵射而斃之遂焚其廟宰終始三年善解而去携累以歸行至中途少憩旅邸因如厠忽睹路上迎神騶騎從者甚都及見所迎之神即向來射死廟中猴神相貌其神下轎作人語按劍而坐呼左右擒宰叱一鬼使食啖之宰就執傍有人爲解救曰不須食啖只請大王去他家做主其鬼使遂將宰抛棄於空中忽失身於

**Interpretation**

Only after repeated interrogation did he say: “I am the fourth deity in this prefecture’s Temple of the Five Kings (where five deities were worshiped), Huaguangzang Bodhisattva (a deity’s name here).” He was then questioned about why he had used curse sorcery to take the soul and life of a living person. He replied: “When the dead man entered the temple to look, he thought to himself: Where in the world could there be a good man as handsome as this? When I saw that a deluded thought had arisen in him, I took his soul.” Judge Cao ordered him to release the soul and return it. The god said: “I should not disobey the judge’s command, but his breath has already passed; the man has stopped breathing, and there is nothing to be done.” Judge Cao grew angry and declared that he would memorialize the Lord on High to destroy the god’s physical form. The god said: “I am congealed from the refined qi of the mountains and rivers of the Five Peaks and Four Rivers (the five sacred mountains and four great waterways); no other god can compare with me. You can only cut off my incense offerings in Chizhou.” After he said this, the corpse was placed in the coffin as before. Judge Cao ordered the coffin sealed and the body encoffined, chose a day to memorialize the Lord on High, and dispatched Qiong (the name of a divine general) to slay this god. He then reported the matter to the deputy official and had all the clay statues transported to the drill ground, where they were destroyed and hacked to pieces. Only when they hacked the fourth one did they indeed see blood flow. From then on, the incense offerings in Chizhou were cut off. Judge Cao’s reputation rose greatly because of this. Later he presided over Lin Palace (a Daoist temple). He would not perform rituals indiscriminately; whenever he did perform them, they were invariably efficacious. When people questioned him, he would say only that it was General Wen (that is, Wen Taibao).

In addition, in a county at Shukou there was a shrine that was very efficacious and renowned. It had repeatedly received imperial canonizations and could bring misfortune and bestow blessings on people. But its inner hall was deep and hidden, and people were never allowed to enter at will; anyone who wished to enter would invariably be haunted and harmed by the god. When the county magistrate first took office, he already found it strange and suspected something. Later his family members fell ill, and all blamed this god. One day, pretending it was for another matter, he issued an official dispatch summoning the patrol officer to bring archers to the temple. He then put on formal robes, concealed the sacrificial implements, and wrote a proclamation to notify the god. He had the door of the inner hall removed and, leading the crowd, forced their way in. They saw a huge monkey, which in its haste could not transform; the magistrate shouted an order, and the archers shot it dead. Then they burned down the temple. The magistrate served his full three-year term, was duly relieved of his post, and left, taking his family back to his hometown. Halfway there, while resting briefly at an inn, he went to the latrine and suddenly saw on the road a large and splendid retinue of riders and attendants welcoming a divine statue. When he saw the deity being welcomed, it had exactly the appearance of the monkey god from the temple that he had shot dead. The god stepped down from his sedan chair and spoke in human speech; he sat with his hand on his sword and ordered his attendants to seize the magistrate, commanding a ghost messenger to eat him. As the magistrate was seized, someone nearby intervened on his behalf, saying: “There is no need to eat him; just ask the Great King to go to his house and take charge.” The ghost messenger then threw the magistrate into the air, and the magistrate suddenly lost all trace of his bodily form.

曠野不知何地尋路數日方見有人問之則去家五千餘里日夕丐尋歸路不得惟探信州龍虎山欲投天師一念所至眞靈護之得以不死越四年餘方探到信州未及入山見一道人叩之則曰我是虚靖先生宰叩頭下拜纔欲陳訴虚靖曰我已知之不煩到山明公在路有何生活可以度日答曰僅能課命虚靖遂授一鏡一令一鏡則令懸之於當心令則令繫之於左臂教之使去宰急尋路如有陰護日行百餘里不倦越僅年忽然到鄕如有人引領到家及門一如虛靖之教仍只以課命爲辭神領長幼俱出觀其課筭神宰對語忽然鏡動以所授令一擊只見温將軍自鏡躍出雷電交作黑霧黑風不可仰視良乆開霽則擊死向來一巨猴及二猴子於一廳前宰具言其所以而家人方能記憶二猴子皆宰之妻妾所生惜不能記其名姓也頃年盧養浩來江西至臨江軍行化值蕭氏家患瘵懸賞慕人救療養浩於慧力寺前考附每附一童躍入江月亭水中不復上岸衆皆疑信養浩再附一人遂持法官所執之劍亦直躍入潭中良久三人打至一鮎魚頭上岸乃知正其爲祟蕭之疾由是而愈盧語人曰末差温瓊方得捷疾洪一庵行内臺酆都得名携其徒鍾野雲到建寧府浦城縣牛田黄通鑰家遇其小女患顚邪驗之考附因仕於

**Interpretation**

Zai was in the wilderness and could not tell where he had arrived. He searched for a road for several days before he met someone; only upon asking did he learn that he was more than five thousand li from home. Day and night he begged while trying to find his way back but could not; he asked only about Mount Longhu in Xinzhou, intending to seek refuge with the Celestial Master (Tianshi). Because of this single sincere thought, he truly had the protection of spirits, and so he survived. More than four years passed before he found Xinzhou. Before he had entered the mountain, he saw a Daoist and went forward to bow and ask. The Daoist said, “I am Master Xujing (Zhang Jixian, a Song-dynasty Celestial Master).” Zai kowtowed and bowed; just as he was about to explain his circumstances, Xujing said, “I already know. There is no need for you to trouble yourself to go up the mountain.” He then asked, “Sir, how have you made your living on the road?” Zai answered, “I only know fortune-telling.” Xujing then gave him a mirror and a token, told him to hang the mirror in the exact center of his chest and tie the token to his left arm, and sent him away. Zai hurriedly sought the road, and as if protected invisibly, he walked more than a hundred li a day without becoming tired. After about a year he suddenly reached his hometown, as if someone were guiding him to his own door. He followed Xujing’s instructions completely and still gave only fortune-telling as his story. The spirits led all the household, old and young, to come out and have him tell their fortunes. When the spirit was speaking with Zai, the mirror suddenly moved, and Zai struck once with the token he had received. General Wen (Wen Qiong, the Earth Deity General Wen Taibao) leapt out from the mirror; thunder and lightning erupted, with black fog and black wind, so that people could not raise their heads to look. After a long while the clouds opened and the sky cleared, and Zai saw that the large monkey and two small monkeys from before had been struck dead in front of a hall. Zai explained the matter in detail, and only then could his family remember. Those two small monkeys had both been born to Zai’s wife and concubine; unfortunately, their names could no longer be recalled.

In recent years Lu Yanghao came to Jiangxi and traveled around Linjiang Jun to spread the teaching. He happened to meet someone in the Xiao family suffering from consumption, and the Xiao family offered a reward to recruit someone to cure it. Yanghao performed kaofu (a ritual of summoning and possession) in front of Huili Temple. Each time he possessed a boy, the boy jumped into the water at Jiangyue Pavilion and did not come ashore, and everyone was half-believing and half-doubting. Yanghao then possessed another person; this person took the sword held by the ritual master and likewise jumped straight into the pool. After a long while, the three of them pursued and struck the head of a catfish and came ashore. Only then did they know that this was precisely what had been causing the trouble, and the Xiao family’s illness was thereby cured. Lu Yanghao told people, “Only at the very end did I summon Wen Qiong, and only then did it take effect quickly.”

Hong Yi’an was renowned for practicing the Inner Terrace Fengdu method (a Daoist exorcism rite). He brought his disciple Zhong Yeyun to the home of Huang Tongyue in Niutian, Pucheng County, Jianning Prefecture, where he encountered the family’s youngest daughter suffering from a madness caused by possession. He used kaofu to investigate, and the origin of the matter was connected with office-holding and appointment.

閩有邪名江郎名戴大婆爲禍置獄在寺爲人踢破其祟走逸借援邪神變爲飛鴉猛虎圍繞寺外唬吼鳴噪諸法俱不能收伏後用十地祇方悉擒捕遂縛其祟過湖右用沈没法方滅其形以是知地祇專司温將捷疾響應如此姑摭見聞以補前傳缺云温太保傳

**Interpretation**

In Fujian, two malevolent entities named Jiang Lang and Dai Dapo wreaked havoc, establishing a ghostly prison within a temple to harm people. Later, someone disrupted their sinister mechanisms by kicking them apart, causing the two entities to flee. They summoned other evil spirits for assistance, transforming into flying crows and ferocious tigers that circled the temple, howling and causing chaos. At the time, none of the various magical methods could subdue them.

Ultimately, it was the "Ten Earth Deities" (Shi Diqi, ten territorial spirits) technique that succeeded in capturing them all. The evil entities were bound and taken to the right side of a lake, where they were completely annihilated using the "Sinking Method" (Chenmofa, a ritual to obliterate both form and spirit). This incident proved that Marshal Wen (Wen Taibao, a divine general specializing in subduing demons among the territorial deities) indeed responds swiftly and unfailingly when called upon.

This account records what was personally witnessed and heard, supplementing previously missing details in the *Biography of Marshal Wen*.

補遺

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